Job Description
Organisation:
Leicestershire County Council
Work Location:
Room 700, Rutland Building, County Hall, Leicester Road, Glenfield, LE3 8RA. Hospitals - Leicester Royal Infirmary.
Worker Category:
Hybrid Worker & Field Based Worker & Shift Working - Ability to work flexible hours on a rota basis based on the needs of the service, between 8.00a.m - 8. 00p.m. on 365 days a year rota, including weekends, evenings and Bank Holidays.
Salary:
£31,074 - £33,294 per annum (pro rata for part-time)
Working Hours:
9 x 37 hours per week, 2 x 18.5 hours per week. (10 FTE)
Contract Type:
Permanent
Closing Date:
24th April 2025
Interview Date(s):
TBC
Why work for the County Council? Opportunities to join a very good Local Government Pension Scheme Opportunities to progress within a large public sector organisation Extensive training and development opportunities Generous annual leave entitlement Access to staff wellbeing & counselling Service Discounted local gym membership Work for an organisation which 94% of our staff say is a good employer
About the Role
10 x FTE Posts, 9 x 37-hour posts, 2 x 18.5-hour posts.
The council's HART service provides a number of support offers under its registration. This includes reablement, which helps people return home from hospital, or prevents them from being admitted to hospital, and regain their independence.
The HART Reablement Support Workers work within Home First to identify and maximise reablement opportunities for people with a new or increased need, because of an acute or community hospital admission.
The purpose of the job is to: Support the triage of new discharge hub referrals, identifying those who can return home following their hospital admission. Complete a person's assessment on the ward/in their home to identify the goals for them to achieve, or the support that is needed to remain safe at home and highlight any risk assessments to facilitate safe delivery of the service. Work closely with health partners to promote a person's independence, identifying any equipment or other working practices to ensure a safe and timely discharge. Identify, and support the immediate protection of potential safeguarding, mental capacity, continuing health care and other high-risk situations where an adult's safety or liberty may be at risk, informing supervisors as necessary so as to enable adults to take risks whilst protecting them from abuse, managing the risks to staff and the council. Provide a 365-day service to maintain discharge flow/prevent hospital admission and achieve the most independent outcome for the person.
The Key Duties:
Working under the supervision and direction of the Team Leader/Team Manager to ensure high quality response to all adults who may require and/or be eligible for social care services by; providing appropriate responses or referrals within required timescales, organisational, policy and legislative requirements ensuring that responses are geared to ethnic, religious, cultural, age and linguistic background, practicing in a manner and delivering services which are anti-discriminatory that concerns and complaints are reported to the TL/SCSW and are addressed by making appropriate changes to existing practices providing prompt support to meet immediate risks and needs in crisis situations
To support the development of systems, processes and procedures under the direction of the HART Manager to ensure services maintain comprehensive end-to-end processes
Contribute to team effectiveness and response by working to Departmental standards and, where joint working is in place, those of the NHS.
Work closely with multi-disciplinary team colleagues, to provide a holistic, joined up service which places the service user at the centre of this. This will be through a range of approaches including joint visits with colleagues and participation in regular MDTs. To work with health colleagues to deliver an integrated service where this has been identified as beneficial to the person. This includes working in acute and community hospital settings to support the triage of people who are medically optimised to leave hospital.
About You: Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care or other equivalent qualification in a relevant subject or equivalent level of relevant experience. Relevant experience (paid employment, training or voluntary sector) working with adults in a social care setting. Experience of working with other agencies and/or working in a multi-agency environment to identify and meet need with creative and achieve positive outcomes for service users. A good understanding of the Council's Adult Social Care strategies, relevant regulations/ legislation and service frameworks. Ability to communicate clearly and accurately, both orally and in writing, with a wide range of people, including representatives from other agencies, using skills of negotiation and persuasion The ability to use Information Technology applications e.g. Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel and database applications Able to deliver a sustainable high service through understanding and keep to departmental and service priorities. The ability to prioritise effectively across a wide range of competing demands to meet deadlines Ability and willingness to travel and work from various locations throughout the County and travel between sites as required .
A flexible approach to work, access to a vehicle and drivers licence and an Enhanced DBS is required.
For information on our approach to the recruitment of ex-offenders, please see our policy statement.
For further information regarding this position please contact Jane Wesson HART Recruitment & Quality Manager.
E-mail: jane.wesson@leics.gov.uk Tel: 01163053218 (Dir line)
You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion.
In addition, we also expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.
Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.
Interested in Flexible Working?
We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working, part-time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.
Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the Our Working Styles page on our career site.
For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:
Enter name and job title: Jane Wesson HART Recruitment & Quality Manager
E-mail: jane.wesson@leics.gov.uk
Telephone: 01163053218 (Dir line)
How to Apply
Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality, diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ+ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.
To apply for this job, please click on 'Apply Now'. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above. For more information, see the How to Apply section on our career site.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
Previous applicants need not apply.
If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post or you want to request an application pack in an alternative format, please contact our Employee Service Centre by telephoning 0300 3030222 (select option 2) or raising a ticket via our online portal: https://emss.freshdesk.com/support/home.
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About Us
About Leicestershire County Council
Leicestershire County Council is a Disability Confident, Menopause Friendly, Mindful Employer, Fostering Friendly, Forces Friendly, and Cycle Friendly organisation. In August 2021, we also signed up to the Race at Work Charter. We are strongly committed to promoting equality and opportunity, championing employee wellbeing and investing in staff training and development.
Our aim is to work with communities and partners to deliver public services that make Leicestershire the best possible place to live and work for everyone. Our employees play a key role in supporting this goal and helping us deliver the vital services we provide to the people of Leicestershire.
For further information on what it's like to work for us and the benefits we offer, please refer to the following:
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